Mine detail: Forney Prospect

Previously called 'Shirley Gulch Prospect'

Location:	Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.94785, -80.73313
dep_id:	10080213
mrds_id:	W031316
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Minor mineral:	Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration:	Zinc Minerals Oxidized
conc_proc:	Metal Rich Brines In Collapse Breccia (?)
Reporter:	Good, Richard S., Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit:	Shady Formation;Rome Formation
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Hiwassee (Laswell), And Powatan Thrust Faults., Nnw Trending Delton Transverse Fault.
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Year first produced:	1900
disc_yr:	1900
References:	Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P. Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P. Deposit:: MCDOWELL, R.C., 1968, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF MACK MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, WILEY AND SONS, 321 P. Deposit:: 1900 DIREXPL D.S. FORNEY: DROVE AN ADIT AND A SHAFT. Deposit:: 1925 DIREXPL DIAMOND DRILLING Deposit:: 1933 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED GEOL. MAP OF VALLEY Deposit:: 1943 RECON R.L. MILLER & C.H. BEHRE: FIELD REPORT Deposit:: 1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: COMPILED MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.